Yosemite Guide Yosemite Where to Go and What to Do in Yosemite National Park September 2, 2015 - October 6, 2015 6, October - 2015 2, September Park National Yosemite in Do to What and Go to Where NPS Photo NPS Lake. Cathedral Volume 40, Issue 7 Issue 40, Volume America Your Experience Yosemite, CA 95389 Yosemite, 577 PO Box Service Park National US DepartmentInterior of the Year-round Route: Valley Yosemite Valley Shuttle Valley Visitor Center Upper Summer-only Routes: Yosemite Shuttle System El Capitan Fall Yosemite Shuttle Village Express Lower Shuttle Yosemite The Ansel Fall Adams l Medical Church Bowl i Gallery ra Clinic Picnic Area l T al Yosemite Area Regional Transportation System F e E1 5 P2 t i 4 m e 9 Campground os Mirror r Y 3 Uppe 6 10 2 Lake Parking Village Day-use Parking seasonal The Ahwahnee Half Dome Picnic Area 11 P1 1 8836 ft North 2693 m Camp 4 Yosemite E2 Housekeeping Pines Restroom 8 Lodge Lower 7 Chapel Camp Lodge Day-use Parking Pines Walk-In (Open May 22, 2015) Campground LeConte 18 Memorial 12 21 19 Lodge 17 13a 20 14 Swinging Campground Bridge Recreation 13b Reservations Rentals Curry 15 Village Upper Sentinel Village Day-use Parking Pines Beach E7 il Trailhead a r r T te Parking e n il i w M in r u d 16 o e Nature Center El Capitan F s lo c at Happy Isles Picnic Area Glacier Point E3 no shuttle service closed in winter Vernal 72I4 ft Fall 2I99 m l E4 Mist Trai Cathedral ail Tr op h Beach Lo or M ey ses erce all only d R V iver E6 Nevada To & Fall The Valley Visitor Shuttle operates from 7 am to 10 pm and serves stops in numerical order. Shuttles run daily every 10 to 20 minutes, depending on time of day. E5 Bridalveil The El Capitan Shuttle operates from 9 am to 6 pm. Shuttles run daily during summer every 30 minutes. Fall d The Express Shuttle operates from 9 am to 6 pm. Shuttles run daily during summer every 20 minutes. oa R B a r n id wo a a lv W e i l C Stop # Location r e e To k 1 Visitor Parking 8 Yosemite Lodge 16 Happy Isles US DepartmentInterior of the 2 10 Yosemite Village 11 Sentinel Bridge 17 MirrorIllilouette Lake Trailhead Fall 3 The Ahwahnee 12 LeConte / Housekeeping Camp 18 Stable 4 Degnan’s Deli 13a 21 Recreation Rentals 19 Pines Campgrounds 5 9 E1 Valley Visitor Center 13b Curry Village E3 El Capitan Picnic Area Postage and Fee Paid Fee and Postage 6 Lower Yosemite Fall 14 20 Curry Village Parking E4 E6 El Capitan Crossover Third Class Mail Class Third 7 E2 Camp 4 15 Upper Pines Campground E5 Bridalveil Fall E7 Four Mile Trail G 83 i Experience Your America Yosemite National Park Yosemite Guide September 2, 2015 - October 6, 2015 Seasonal Highlights Keep this Guide with you to get the most out of your trip to Yosemite National Park elebrate Yosemite’s 125th plan a Custom Adventure for your family CBirthday! or group. Visit yosemiteconservancy.org/ On October 1, 2015, the park will adventures or 209/379-2317 x10 to find commemorate the 125th anniversary of your adventure today. the establishment of Yosemite National Park. President Benjamin Harrison Adventure Out with the Yosemite signed the legislation, thereby creating Mountaineering School the nation’s third National Park. The Yosemite Mountaineering School establishment of Yosemite National Park provides outdoor adventures for people preserved over 1,500 square miles of land of all experience levels. We are here to including Tuolumne Meadows, the park’s help you learn how to enjoy the woods high country, Hetch Hetchy, and lands safely and responsibly. Give us a call to surrounding Yosemite Valley. Check out join one of our group classes or schedule the Anniversary Website at www.nps.gov/ a custom outing designed specifically yose/anniversary for information about for your group. We offer professional events happening all year. guides for hiking, backpacking and rock climbing. Reservations required. Call Great Things Are Happening in 209/372-8344 or email [email protected] the Mariposa Grove! The Restoration of the Mariposa Grove of Take the FREE Shuttle From Giant Sequoias Project is now underway! Yosemite Valley to Tuolumne On July 6, 2015, a temporary closure of Meadows! the grove for up to 24 months began. The Upper Yosemite Fall NPS Photo Daily shuttle service is now available restoration project will restore the habitat between Yosemite Valley and the Tuolumne and hydrology of the grove and improve Get outside and enjoy your park! Visitor Center. Seating is first come/first serve and subject to availability. (See page visitors’ experience and enjoyment. Trails Summer offers spectacular views of waterfalls, great hiking, and endless will be improved providing universal 10 for more information.) other opportunities for recreation. access along with improved restrooms. Stroll with a Ranger Go to the Theater Visit the Yosemite Museum Learn about the wonders of the park on a After a day filled with exploring, relax Visit the Yosemite Museum and learn ranger-guided stroll. Programs are offered and enjoy an evening at the theater! about Yosemite Indians by exploring daily throughout the park on a variety of Yosemite Theater presents a variety a museum collection that includes topics including waterfalls, trees, bears, of shows, including inspiring films, remarkable woven baskets and traditional geology, Yosemite Indians and more. plays based on some of the park’s most dress. Tour the outdoor Indian Village or Every Kid In A Park (See pages 6, 7, 9 and 11 for details.) colorful characters and celebrations of Fourth graders, grab your family and go talk with an Indian cultural demonstrator. Yosemite’s culture and history. (See page You can also view historic landscape enjoy your national parks for FREE! The Yosemite Art Center Workshops 6 for show descriptions and schedules.) Every Kid In A Park initiative was recently paintings of Yosemite in the museum Yosemite Conservancy invites you to gallery. The YosemiteMuseum is located launched to help the next generation of participate in one of our enriching and Get Outdoors with Yosemite park visitors, supporters and advocates in Yosemite Village at shuttle stops #5 fun plein air art workshops in Yosemite Conservancy and #9. create positive attitudes towards public Valley, held Monday through Saturday Are you looking for a memorable way lands and to give every child the chance from 9:45am to 2pm. Workshops meet at to experience Yosemite, tailored to your Take a Photography Class to explore America’s great outdoors and the Yosemite Art Center (next to the Village interests and ability? Our expert naturalist- unique history. Visit www.everykidinapark. Learn how to best capture the landscape Store). There is a registration fee of $10 guides will enhance your understanding gov for more information. of Yosemite by joining a photography per workshop per person. To sign up in of the park as you walk among Yosemite’s expert from The Ansel Adams Gallery. advance, call 209/372-1442. Walk-ins are famous cliffs, trees and waterfalls. Whether FREE Interagency 4th Grade Pass Several classes are offered each week. welcome when space is available. The Art you want to explore the park’s flora and fauna An annual pass for 4th graders and their Some have fees, some are free. Learn more Center is open daily from 9am to 4:30pm while taking a gentle saunter along the river families to have free access to any federal and sign up at the Ansel Adams Gallery in (closed at 12pm for lunch) – come by and or learn about Yosemite’s geology during an land or water for an entire year. Must Yosemite Village. Shuttle stops #5 and #9. browse our selection of art supplies, gifts exhilarating hike, we’ll help you create the present a paper voucher to obtain pass. (See pages 5 and 6 for details.) and original artwork! (See page 6 for details.) perfect outdoor experience. Contact us to Visit www.everykidinapark.gov for details. Access for People with Disabilities What’s Inside: Accessible parking, lodging, tours, and activities are available throughout the park. For a complete list of accessible services, recreational opportunities, Emergency Information 01 Seasonal Highlights and exhibits, pick up an updated Yosemite Accessibility Guide which Emergency Dial 911 is available at park entrance stations, visitor centers, and online at 04 Yosemite Valley www.nps.gov/yose/planyourvisit/accessibility.htm, or call a park Yosemite Village Garage offers 24-hour emergency roadside 08 Wawona Accessibility Coordinator at 209/379-1035 for more information. assistance. Accessible parking spaces are available just west of the Yosemite For up-to-date road, weather, and park information: 09 Tuolumne Meadows Valley Visitor Center. To reach these, enter the Valley on Southside 209/372-0200 12 Become a Junior Drive. Turn left on Sentinel Drive. Turn left on Northside Drive, and Medical Clinic (in Yosemite Valley) Ranger follow the blue and white signs. Open 7 days per week 9am to 7pm - for primary and urgent care needs. 13 Wildlife Sign Language interpreting is available upon request. Contact Deaf Phone: 209/372-4637 Services at 209/379-5250 (v/txt). Two weeks advance notice is 16 Camping requested. Assistive Listening Devices are available upon advance Lost and Found request, inquire at a visitor center. To inquire about items lost or found at one of Yosemite’s restaurants, 17 Hiking hotels, lounges, shuttle buses or tour services, call 209/372-4357. Audio tours are available for the Yosemite Valley Visitor Center.